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given a sort of resonance reveals to the american public how can romney or obama persuade the u.s. public that they need to support a position of leadership? why do they tell us about how americans are struggling with a balance between leadership, intervention, nonintervention as they continue to see the priorities here at home? >> that's exactly the right question because i think that struggling with ambivalence is the heart of the matter. >> i'm going to offer for broad generalizations about the state of american public opinion on the questions in general, and then i will end where should we ended it with some brief comments on the syrian issue. first, just what the make a technical pulling no -- polling note and this is a survey of adults. it's not of registered voters let alone likely voters. so, there are some -- there are some differences as to propose the increasingly demanding screens on adults, and these results will probably pick up more young people, more people who are more weekly connected to the political system, and in this election year i think that difference betwe
given a sort of resonance reveals to the american public how can romney or obama persuade the u.s. public that they need to support a position of leadership? why do they tell us about how americans are struggling with a balance between leadership, intervention, nonintervention as they continue to see the priorities here at home? >> that's exactly the right question because i think that struggling with ambivalence is the heart of the matter. >> i'm going to offer for broad...
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wall street journal front-page romney target's obama voters and the poll shows high rates. the governor tries to kill support from obama supporters. and then the "baltimore sun" this morning in the first set when obama returns to the trenches. the campaign stop in ohio and the 15th stock yesterday in the state in 2012. was his 30th trip he's taking office in this 15th this year alone to read it so both candidates campaigning in ohio and then as we said showing the race tightening after the debate here is "the new york post" this morning showing that nationwide according to the gallup, romney is up 49%. president obama 37% coming and then here you can see the state of ohio this is a cnn report showing president obama the four-point lead over governor romney in ohio the american research group showing romney up 48% in ohio and president obama 47%, so tightening across the country in the battleground states. samford for the democratic call. we will go back to the topic here. the supreme court to hear affirmative action cases today. what do you think clacks >> caller: back in t
wall street journal front-page romney target's obama voters and the poll shows high rates. the governor tries to kill support from obama supporters. and then the "baltimore sun" this morning in the first set when obama returns to the trenches. the campaign stop in ohio and the 15th stock yesterday in the state in 2012. was his 30th trip he's taking office in this 15th this year alone to read it so both candidates campaigning in ohio and then as we said showing the race tightening...
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and now romney is pulling at best in the mid-20s. and his own campaign said they need to reach 38 percent nationally in order to be competitive in the states where the latino vote will be critical. so what the republican party has done is to merge to the right instead of george of the bush, carl rove, john mccain. let's reach out to hispanics and make immigration reform something beefier. a party where mitt romney now embodies the party. he promised to veto. he is on a radical policy prescription. the idea of making life so miserable year that immigrants are literally purge from the country. so this looks to the right has hit badly with hispanics. that means as you point out in your paper the southwest is out of reach with of, in large part because of this. they pulled out of the mexico. they have a shot in common and nevada. the hispanic and strategy, their on the strategy has been let's talk about the economy. the cuban americans in poor regions and help that we can peel off enough of them because maybe that will be that trick. the
and now romney is pulling at best in the mid-20s. and his own campaign said they need to reach 38 percent nationally in order to be competitive in the states where the latino vote will be critical. so what the republican party has done is to merge to the right instead of george of the bush, carl rove, john mccain. let's reach out to hispanics and make immigration reform something beefier. a party where mitt romney now embodies the party. he promised to veto. he is on a radical policy...
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and now romney's polling at best in the mid 20s with the hispanic vote. and his own campaign as said they need to reach 38% nationally in order to be competitive in the states where the latino vote will be critical. so what the republican party has done, obviously, is lurched to the right in recent years. instead of george w. bush, karl rove, john mccain, let's reach out to hispanics and make immigration reform something we're for. mitt romney now embodies the part he says arizona's a model, he's promised to veto the dream act, and he's for self-deportation, the idea of manging life so -- making life so miserable here that immigrants are literally purged from the country. so this lurch to the right has hurt him badly. that strategy means, as you point out in your excellent paper, really the southwest is out of reach for them in large part because of this. they've pulled out of new mexico. they have a shot in colorado and nevada, but if the turnout is high among latinos, not much of one. so, essentially, their hispanic strategy, the romney strategy has bee
and now romney's polling at best in the mid 20s with the hispanic vote. and his own campaign as said they need to reach 38% nationally in order to be competitive in the states where the latino vote will be critical. so what the republican party has done, obviously, is lurched to the right in recent years. instead of george w. bush, karl rove, john mccain, let's reach out to hispanics and make immigration reform something we're for. mitt romney now embodies the part he says arizona's a model,...
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simply because there was a serious state polls just before the debate and they show that it was closing. after romney had a bet of september as you could have which kind of confirms my belief that there is a lid on obama ceiling, that because of the poor economic record there is a limit to how bloated and committed to obama people are and now i would say, still agree with my colleagues that i think obama is the favorite that i think it's more like 55-45 and i think it's very clear, still somewhat difficult but a much clearer path to romney winning the presidency. >> let's talk about the debate for a moment. based on your comments and sources what went wrong or the -- what went wrong for the president and how did romney become the super debater? we hadn't seen romney in the prior few months or so in terms of being assertive and authoritative. what happened in the white house and what happened with romney? >> i like jay leno's line that only the nfl replacement refs thought that romney one. [laughter] and to keep that metaphor going, the president looks to me like the team that was vastly
simply because there was a serious state polls just before the debate and they show that it was closing. after romney had a bet of september as you could have which kind of confirms my belief that there is a lid on obama ceiling, that because of the poor economic record there is a limit to how bloated and committed to obama people are and now i would say, still agree with my colleagues that i think obama is the favorite that i think it's more like 55-45 and i think it's very clear, still...
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it is the romney win versus the polling. sounds like a good question that no comment on from me. >> i have a different question for you. why are you wearing on your lapel what looks like a red cent spent there was a little tea party during a race that started handing these out and said you can get when. it's only 1 penny. you can get one for a dollar. [laughter] it's just a penny that is painted with red nail polish and their mother was not one red cent more. the government has taken all my money and i'm not giving them one red cent more. >> it could be worse to our swedish libertarian fringe is have a picture of a kroner, or whatever, that in have. signifying their desire to be allowed to keep half the money they earn. [laughter] yes, right there. >> the microphone up to your mouth, please. [inaudible] >> i spilt oatmeal on at the rayburn house. my question is regarding your use of the term revolution at been trying to reconcile exactly do you mean to use that word, and i find it difficult use that word in terms of returnin
it is the romney win versus the polling. sounds like a good question that no comment on from me. >> i have a different question for you. why are you wearing on your lapel what looks like a red cent spent there was a little tea party during a race that started handing these out and said you can get when. it's only 1 penny. you can get one for a dollar. [laughter] it's just a penny that is painted with red nail polish and their mother was not one red cent more. the government has taken all...
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polls from cnbc who do you think won tonight's presidential debate? romney 51%, obama 38%. tell us how an organization like this covers the debate? how many people do we have there? >> 20 would you say? it couldn't be 20. 10 may be. we have reporters and video folks out there. we have one editor, our politics editor of tonight. we have a good core group of people but we have tons and tons of people back here as well. see how many political's does it take to screw in a lightbulb? >> just reading an e-mail that i got from a democrat who is how prepared democrats for debates over the years. obama was on energetic and almost wimpy. he did not engage and cut cleanly beat. missed countless opportunities to question romney's facts and that is someone used to preparing democrats for debate. >> you were asking about the behind-the-scenes conversation and that number number of us were struck that the president didn't use of any of the standard standards of two lines. we talking before the debate, how many times do you think he will hit that 47% line? >> only ones i think. >> did you
polls from cnbc who do you think won tonight's presidential debate? romney 51%, obama 38%. tell us how an organization like this covers the debate? how many people do we have there? >> 20 would you say? it couldn't be 20. 10 may be. we have reporters and video folks out there. we have one editor, our politics editor of tonight. we have a good core group of people but we have tons and tons of people back here as well. see how many political's does it take to screw in a lightbulb? >>...
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host: what changes polls? have the polls altered drastically? guest: we saw a large shift after the first debate. romney gained about 3 or four points. romney was shooting up. host: the jobs numbers are coming out the friday before the election. is that something that moves the polls, economic numbers like that? guest: the processions of the comet are fairly 10 -- of the economy are fairly baked in. host: people go to realclearpolitics.com -- what will they find? guest: links to all the talk from the left and right. a >> at look at air by late the event. so we are going to listen to some of the independent candidates debate underway right now. the debate we are going to see as minnesota's eighth district of bigotry and, congressman chip cravaack and rick golin. cravaack seeking a second term, bob cravaack seeking a second term, bob cravaack seeking a second term, bob cravaack seeking a second term, bob. dominus is it district, courtesy of kst p. >> democrats testily want to when did see back here to come up every second term. it district spends
host: what changes polls? have the polls altered drastically? guest: we saw a large shift after the first debate. romney gained about 3 or four points. romney was shooting up. host: the jobs numbers are coming out the friday before the election. is that something that moves the polls, economic numbers like that? guest: the processions of the comet are fairly 10 -- of the economy are fairly baked in. host: people go to realclearpolitics.com -- what will they find? guest: links to all the talk...
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i think it was about seven in ten in the our poll who favored obama over romney. latino catholics who say they have no religion, atheists and agnostics and those who describe their religion as just nothing in particular also firmly in obama's camp, more than eight in ten religiously-unaffiliated latinos expressed support for obama. latino evangelicals also, you know, if anything, tended to lean in obama's direction over romney. but they were much, much more closely divided. i think about half of them said that they would, they would vote for obama if the election were held today. so, yes, big, important religious divisions among latinos. >> i have a question to pose to all of the panelists. predictions for which way the catholic vote is going to go in 2012, and, um, in that regard one of the things that seems like it's a possibility is that -- especially given, you know, the latest gallup numbers -- is that the overall vote might go to one candidate while the electoral college vote goes to another candidate. could that, could we also be seeing catholics split alon
i think it was about seven in ten in the our poll who favored obama over romney. latino catholics who say they have no religion, atheists and agnostics and those who describe their religion as just nothing in particular also firmly in obama's camp, more than eight in ten religiously-unaffiliated latinos expressed support for obama. latino evangelicals also, you know, if anything, tended to lean in obama's direction over romney. but they were much, much more closely divided. i think about half...
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now, romney is polling at best in the mid-20s. over the hispanic vote. his own campaign have said they need to reach 30% to be competitive in the states where the latino vote will be critical. the republican party has done, george w. bush, karl rove, john mccain, let's reach out to hispanics and it has become a party that mitt romney -- well, he says that arizona as a model, the dream act that he has a radical policy prescription, health deportation, the idea of making life miserable here and immigrants are little encouraged . this lurch to the right, that strategy means, if you point out in your excellent paper, really, the southwest is out of reach for them in a large part because of this. they are pulled out of new mexico. they had a shock in colorado and nevada. if the turnout is high among latinos, it is not much of one. essentially, the romney strategy has been the economy. cuban-americans in florida, in hopes that we can have just enough of them, because maybe that will be the check, the problem is that even the hispanic electorate has changed. th
now, romney is polling at best in the mid-20s. over the hispanic vote. his own campaign have said they need to reach 30% to be competitive in the states where the latino vote will be critical. the republican party has done, george w. bush, karl rove, john mccain, let's reach out to hispanics and it has become a party that mitt romney -- well, he says that arizona as a model, the dream act that he has a radical policy prescription, health deportation, the idea of making life miserable here and...
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we have seen the exit polls and a lot of surveys that have gone with it. having said that this isn't so much about mitt romney as president obama. how do the teavangelicals si mitt romney? somewhat skeptical but realize this is their best shot and only shot and realistic shot of bringing this president and taking him out of office. >> host: his mormonism? >> guest: 15% of evangelical christians and many are teavangelicals, really would not vote for a mormon. having said that not to stereotype folks around the country that geographically and time mormon sentiment is in southern states where he will win anyway. if you look and a swing state battle it probably isn't going to be as much as people think. >> host: david brody our guests, "the teavangelicals" the inside story of how the evangelicals and tea party are taking back america. first call in kentucky. good morning. >> caller: good morning. this teavangelicals thing is pushing and pushing to force their religion on me. a beautiful thing about the first amendment is my choice not to participate in religio
we have seen the exit polls and a lot of surveys that have gone with it. having said that this isn't so much about mitt romney as president obama. how do the teavangelicals si mitt romney? somewhat skeptical but realize this is their best shot and only shot and realistic shot of bringing this president and taking him out of office. >> host: his mormonism? >> guest: 15% of evangelical christians and many are teavangelicals, really would not vote for a mormon. having said that not to...
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recent polls indicate mr. romney may have expanded his lead over rick santorum in illinois and we'll have live coverage of the results getting underway at 7:00 eastern on c-span networks, c-span radio and online on c-span.org. >>> the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says efforts to hand over security to the afghans are on track despite anger over a u.s. soldier's alleged massacre of afghan civilians. marine general john allen is testifying today before the house armed services committee. you can see that live right now on our companion network c-span3. he goes before the senate armed services committee on thursday. see that life nine 30 eastern on c-span3. >> nation's highest court starts oral argument on the health care law. they are hearing self challenges. justice agree to release audio of the argument each day. we'll bring it to you 2:00 p.m. eastern on monday, tuesday and wednesday next week. it will be on c-span3, c-span radio and at c-span.org. coming up at 12:45 eastern we'll get remarks from fed cha
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best exemplified by the rather flat-footed response by mitt romney who still hasn't come up with a clear answer as to what he would do. as we like to say, the republicans seem to be god between a nativist rock and a democratic hard place. so i think it shows that if democrats can really be on the offensive the next four years, clearly big reform isn't going to happen without republicans coming to the table. but i think if democrats stay on the offensive where the chance to make some gains. one of those games, we all want some sort of comprehensive immigration reform, a broad reform that includes a roadmap to citizenship for people have been here for a long time, nor contributing or who are committed to this country, a modernized legal immigration system that grows the economy while protecting american workers at the same time, and an enforcement regime that promotes the rule of law but also protects civil rights. that's what the left platform called for. that's what immigration reform movement wants most of all, but it just may not be possible in the next years if there's no bipartisan c
best exemplified by the rather flat-footed response by mitt romney who still hasn't come up with a clear answer as to what he would do. as we like to say, the republicans seem to be god between a nativist rock and a democratic hard place. so i think it shows that if democrats can really be on the offensive the next four years, clearly big reform isn't going to happen without republicans coming to the table. but i think if democrats stay on the offensive where the chance to make some gains. one...
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they probably will not be so focused on -- you know, vote for mitt romney, he is going to keep and save your jobs and i don't -- i would dispel that there was a lot of advertising along those lines. >> i would like to add that concerning the other polls, this is not an issue that is occupying peoples minds. motivating and electorate around it, you are deaf definition was -- and the hierarchy, people are not considering at or even near this at the top. i would also like to point out and add a little bit of information to what steven already set. this is a complicated survey. it hinges on providing people information. what their attitudes have been as they were polled. we took pride on providing that information as dispassionately as it can be. the information received does matter, and information that people in virginia and other parts of the country is not framed the same way as you see in this survey. we expect that to have some effect on their attitudes and their opinions. the last thing is also worth noting. the effects that an organized minority opinion can have. just because this i
they probably will not be so focused on -- you know, vote for mitt romney, he is going to keep and save your jobs and i don't -- i would dispel that there was a lot of advertising along those lines. >> i would like to add that concerning the other polls, this is not an issue that is occupying peoples minds. motivating and electorate around it, you are deaf definition was -- and the hierarchy, people are not considering at or even near this at the top. i would also like to point out and...
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, and to see romney getting the vast majority of the tea party support that seemed completely off topic, and so i wonder from your work on the book and just being with the campaign if you can give us a different perspective what you think happened there, and if it's possible to bring the folks that are sympathetic to the tea party back into the fold so to speak. >> i'll quickly address the question of the qex between, you know, the ron paul 2008 and tea party movement. as a matter of intellectual history, i think it's very fair to say that the sense of a notion of a transpartisan seriously shrinking government movement that attached itself in the tea party that all started with ron paul no november 16th, 2007. the problem with intellectual history though is people don't know intellectual history, and having said that, i'll also say most of the people who began coalescing in 2009 around that term didn't necessarily know that, and they were not necessarily acting out of the same impulses that the original ron paul rooted tea party movement came from so it's both fair to argue that, yes, r
, and to see romney getting the vast majority of the tea party support that seemed completely off topic, and so i wonder from your work on the book and just being with the campaign if you can give us a different perspective what you think happened there, and if it's possible to bring the folks that are sympathetic to the tea party back into the fold so to speak. >> i'll quickly address the question of the qex between, you know, the ron paul 2008 and tea party movement. as a matter of...
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, the ajc poll shows romney doing considerably better than most jewish voters and mccain. obama beat mccain in the air of hope and change it country. change. if romney can do much better among the whole country, as it looks like is going to do among jewish voters, he will be the president obama which it would be a good thing for the country. >> no, thank you. party. you will have extra time. >> thank you. let me acknowledge the compliment bill paid me by regretting that i wasn't dumb enough to -- [laughter] it is only my refusal to run against the president in a way that would endanger the chances of the public policies i bought been accepted but i guess that's why mark is why try not to live up to the stereotype that people use regarding me. and with regard -- there were some very important issues here. we've got to reduce the deficit, and the question is what makes a policies do you do? that are very real -- have one very clear difference though with the way bill cejka when he said there is a central left democratic party and a center-right republican party. used to be.
, the ajc poll shows romney doing considerably better than most jewish voters and mccain. obama beat mccain in the air of hope and change it country. change. if romney can do much better among the whole country, as it looks like is going to do among jewish voters, he will be the president obama which it would be a good thing for the country. >> no, thank you. party. you will have extra time. >> thank you. let me acknowledge the compliment bill paid me by regretting that i wasn't...
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romney won support among tea party sporters, a group he as often split with mr. santorum. >> host: about three in ten voters said mr. santorum's positions were too conservative while about four in ten said they were about right. >> host: mr. walker becoming the state's first to face -- >> a reminder washington journal available in the video library at c-span.org. we'll take you now live to the national press club. the associated press writes that a new report will say if food regulators should offer training, technology and expertise to developing nations in asia and other regions to better assure the safety of imported products. the institute of medicine issuing that report this afternoon. this news conference just getting underway live here on c-span2. >> professor jim live riviera, distinguished professor of pharmacology at north carolina state university. dr. riviera was elected to the iom in 2003 for his contributions to the mathematical modeling of toxicology as well as his work in risk assessment and food safety. he directs the center for chemical toxicolo
romney won support among tea party sporters, a group he as often split with mr. santorum. >> host: about three in ten voters said mr. santorum's positions were too conservative while about four in ten said they were about right. >> host: mr. walker becoming the state's first to face -- >> a reminder washington journal available in the video library at c-span.org. we'll take you now live to the national press club. the associated press writes that a new report will say if food...
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in terms of romney's mormon religion shouldn't play a role no, it should not. but late seen the polls that show some of the southern whites that won't vote for him there was a great story about two weeks ago greet has been tragic where a woman believes that barack obama is a muslim but she's voting for him any way because she would rather vote for a muslim have rather than a mormon. [laughter] so why don't know. is that winning? so there's no doubt. >> the one thing people won't go for is an atheist. an overwhelming majority say they wouldn't vote for someone who doesn't believe in god. >> it's the kiss of death you don't have people coming out of the closet as atheists especially if they want to have any kind of national ambition. >> this is a country that was founded by puritans and many of the religious as telex fleeing religious persecution. >> dad does explain it is a paradox but when you think that it makes sense it was so important a fled their country of origin and they made that sacrifice and suffered that much, so he we are to be disconnect shifting g
in terms of romney's mormon religion shouldn't play a role no, it should not. but late seen the polls that show some of the southern whites that won't vote for him there was a great story about two weeks ago greet has been tragic where a woman believes that barack obama is a muslim but she's voting for him any way because she would rather vote for a muslim have rather than a mormon. [laughter] so why don't know. is that winning? so there's no doubt. >> the one thing people won't go for is...
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narrow leads in the national polls. but the staples, especially ohio looked different. may be the president moved ohio, was at the outer bailout? was at the improving economy? ohio usually in a 50/50 rate -- seem to be a democratic state. if you look at what's likely to end of the final results here, certainly the president won either to probably win ohio by a be 2.5 percentage was by the end of the day. so really ohio didn't look so different relative to the nation and it usually does but it's usually a little bit republican, a little bit republican again. my bolder claim, i'm not going to quite make it my bold claim is going to be that boy, maybe this auto bailout story wasn't true at all but i think it's partly to. but i do think it's overblown to give you look at ohio, there were three groups really that obama improve his status on, release he didn't lose as much. those were yes, there were some counties where the auto bailout seem to the. there was some counties in the auto belt that just performed a little bit bet
narrow leads in the national polls. but the staples, especially ohio looked different. may be the president moved ohio, was at the outer bailout? was at the improving economy? ohio usually in a 50/50 rate -- seem to be a democratic state. if you look at what's likely to end of the final results here, certainly the president won either to probably win ohio by a be 2.5 percentage was by the end of the day. so really ohio didn't look so different relative to the nation and it usually does but it's...
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postcode could mitt romney's message appeal to some voters when you look at a poll put out by gallup yesterday, the majority of the united states still say government is doing too much. 34% continue to believe the government is doing too many things should be left to individuals and businesses. >> guest: what i think the president has said in terms of how we move the country forward and invest in an economy that is competitive for the 21st century is that there are things the government c do to actually encourage domestic hiring and encourage domestic manufacturing. make ensure that our gun people coming out of school are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century and into this economy and those are the things that will allow people to contribute in the way they should, by paying taxes, working, meeting their obligations. most people in fact want to do those things. >> host: on house races come to feel confident about the democrats taking back the house. here is "politico." the problem is not. if they were to win 25 seats come it is likely they would need to see 10 to 15 mor
postcode could mitt romney's message appeal to some voters when you look at a poll put out by gallup yesterday, the majority of the united states still say government is doing too much. 34% continue to believe the government is doing too many things should be left to individuals and businesses. >> guest: what i think the president has said in terms of how we move the country forward and invest in an economy that is competitive for the 21st century is that there are things the government c...
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he never specified which deductions of the polls. candidates are never want to take politicians. >> they don't talk about specific things. and this debate he clearly was ready for it and said one thing we could do hypothetically is capped at $25,000 in total deductions for taxpayers. do they think he made progress in using at least a specific number on my paul ryan who didn't use anything specific in his debate? >> to me, the questioner asked what about the home mortgage debate or deduction. he had five or so actual specific deductions. $25,000 doesn't mean -- you can't grasp on and take it back. that affects me and my tax return. i don't know if that's more specific, but it doesn't come with regular people. >> it's hard to know how it applies. he actually has a very fascinating story to tell about what he would do. this shows the sort of moderate bit. he's going out of his way to argue these are really cutting taxes. these are really cutting government. in fact, is not what you're supposed to be doing? in the senate close fundraiser
he never specified which deductions of the polls. candidates are never want to take politicians. >> they don't talk about specific things. and this debate he clearly was ready for it and said one thing we could do hypothetically is capped at $25,000 in total deductions for taxpayers. do they think he made progress in using at least a specific number on my paul ryan who didn't use anything specific in his debate? >> to me, the questioner asked what about the home mortgage debate or...
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he won out romney and the other candidates he was ahead in all the polls. they lied, and cheated and black him. they acted like he didn't exist. i can go on and on about it. i almost in thinking that if i do vote i'll be voting for gary johnson. i found out more libertarian independ i'll switching from republican to independent. >> host: larrys and i said i degree with you katherine mangu-ward even far third party candidate it's the best chance i have to influence the future position. weigh in on the larry's position and the caller. >> guest: it sounds like the caller is on board with my and jason's clean hand principle when whole process looks dirtedty to you. that's a good reason not vote. actually exactly on the point and on the other person's point, gary johnson who is a libertarian candidate in this cycle was running ads or running on the slogan throe away the vote. vote for me. i can't remember the exact phrasing. he was saying there are a lot of people who believe the votes don't count or the two major party representatives are not speaking for them.
he won out romney and the other candidates he was ahead in all the polls. they lied, and cheated and black him. they acted like he didn't exist. i can go on and on about it. i almost in thinking that if i do vote i'll be voting for gary johnson. i found out more libertarian independ i'll switching from republican to independent. >> host: larrys and i said i degree with you katherine mangu-ward even far third party candidate it's the best chance i have to influence the future position....
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showed that there was an impact -- our final poll showed obama with 57% and romney with 47%. we had a dead tie a week earlier. so, the only intervening event at that time was sandy come and obama about 70% approval for his handling of the situation. a plurality of romney supporters also approved. i think in the end it was modest. i don't think it really ticked one way or the other. i think obama had been edging a little bit ahead even prior to the hurricane. i think the last two debates obviously not as important as the first. it never is. but, you know obama had not only stemmed the momentum following the first debate, but also i think had developed slightly a little bit of his own. i think in the end it probably helped him. certainly the atmospherics and the symbols of chris christi embracing him on a well-known republican helped him i think was on the margin pretty much. might have felt in the popular vote of northeast. we did see a big swing for obama in the northeast. he was already ahead, but in the final poll he was ahead even more. >> i will just add to that that when
showed that there was an impact -- our final poll showed obama with 57% and romney with 47%. we had a dead tie a week earlier. so, the only intervening event at that time was sandy come and obama about 70% approval for his handling of the situation. a plurality of romney supporters also approved. i think in the end it was modest. i don't think it really ticked one way or the other. i think obama had been edging a little bit ahead even prior to the hurricane. i think the last two debates...
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even republicans' skewed rasmussen poll had him ahead by five points. we present americans with a clear choice as well. it wasn't a choice between two candidates or two parties. it was a choice between two visions: the romney vision and the vision that we certainly think was pronounced at that convention, the obama vision. visions about america's future. the republican vision returns to the failed economic policies brought as to the great recession. it would return us to eight years of the bush wars and rumors of wars, massive debt, everything unpaid for. we don't want to go back to that. we can't go back to that. and it would further tilt the playing field in favor of those who already have every advantage. every advantage. millionaires and billionaires, they already have an advantage. we don't need to give them any more. president obama, on the other hand, presented a vision of america where every person has a shot at success. every person. an america with fairness replaces favoritism. his policies led to 30 straight months of private-sector job growt
even republicans' skewed rasmussen poll had him ahead by five points. we present americans with a clear choice as well. it wasn't a choice between two candidates or two parties. it was a choice between two visions: the romney vision and the vision that we certainly think was pronounced at that convention, the obama vision. visions about america's future. the republican vision returns to the failed economic policies brought as to the great recession. it would return us to eight years of the bush...
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i do think you're a ajc poll shows romney doing considerably better among jewish voters than mccain. obama beat mccain in the era of open chain -- hope and change among jewish voters. you allocate the undecideds proportionately in the ajc poll it looks something like 68-32, 69-31 split among jews this time so if romney can do much better among the whole country as he looks like he is going to do among jewish voters he will be president obama which i think will be a good thing for the country. >> bill, thank you. barney, you will have extra time. >> thank you. let me acknowledge the roof will calm for -- complement the bill paid me by explaining i wasn't dumb enough to challenge the president. [laughter] if it is always my refusal to run against the president in a way that would endanger the chances of the public policies i want being accepted. i guess that is one more case where he tried not to live up to the stereotypes that people use regarding me. and with gara to -- there are some important issues here. we have got to reduce the deficit and the question is what makes the policies
i do think you're a ajc poll shows romney doing considerably better among jewish voters than mccain. obama beat mccain in the era of open chain -- hope and change among jewish voters. you allocate the undecideds proportionately in the ajc poll it looks something like 68-32, 69-31 split among jews this time so if romney can do much better among the whole country as he looks like he is going to do among jewish voters he will be president obama which i think will be a good thing for the country....
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another poll was saying that romney is up in wisconsin. governor dreyfus said that [inaudible] there's a lot of truth to that. our state will flip back and forth between now and november. probably there will be polls when. i think of romney's going to have a shot in our state, because you can't go on just republican votes. he can't just be viewed as a republican attachment. he has to get our country back on track again. you have a shot, but it just might win alone is not enough. he has to build off of it. >> when we go back to the portal correct. other elements -- [inaudible] [inaudible question] secondly, if it is thrown out, do you have any plans for the health care system in wisconsin to expand the portal care for those whom don't have it? >> actually, in our state, we are one of the highest covered states in the country in terms of people who have private insurance and some sort of coverage and medicaid and other programs. for us, my secretary of the department of health services, she pointed out last year that some of the majority of
another poll was saying that romney is up in wisconsin. governor dreyfus said that [inaudible] there's a lot of truth to that. our state will flip back and forth between now and november. probably there will be polls when. i think of romney's going to have a shot in our state, because you can't go on just republican votes. he can't just be viewed as a republican attachment. he has to get our country back on track again. you have a shot, but it just might win alone is not enough. he has to build...
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. >> at the moment come in the poll numbers showing a lead survey said the president ahead of mitt romney in ohio. why is that? >> welcome here is how we see that. we think a lot of these polls -- first of all think it's have to be in a comment and the postal eventually migrate the right direction. the undecided voters we agree with morris when he says it will break for a candidate. so it is a challenge to get people to want to fire the incumbent president. but again, the president has had a good week, but i think people will really ask themselves, are you better off now than you were four years ago? and as this president to serve a second term? of course we don't think he does and we think we're making that coors as we can discuss in hamilton county, steve, we are talking to a lot of voters for the president last time and will not be again. we are not finding the opposite to be true this time. >> tim birkeland, the economics of hamilton county. how is it doing? what is the unemployment rate in the county and what impact will that haven't turn out in the overall results in november? >> le
. >> at the moment come in the poll numbers showing a lead survey said the president ahead of mitt romney in ohio. why is that? >> welcome here is how we see that. we think a lot of these polls -- first of all think it's have to be in a comment and the postal eventually migrate the right direction. the undecided voters we agree with morris when he says it will break for a candidate. so it is a challenge to get people to want to fire the incumbent president. but again, the president...
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just as romney should have been ahead in my view two months ago and blew the republican convention i really wonder whether the obama campaign really had a chance to pull ahead and sniping at romney in ways that could be repeated and reiterated he had problems and not really closed the sale. now we go into the debate in a three point -- structurally president obama, this part of romney's analysis is correct that he is a weak incumbent. he is not quite george bush's you look at the numbers in 2004 and he is vulnerable. i wonder if they could have done more. romney should give a major speech or do this or let out his agenda. i suspect the democrats are more solid in their support of president obama but less critical at least in public. it thought were a democrat that wish to welcome the outside i would have -- maybe he should be doing a little more. he is at some risk of looking like an incumbent staggering to victory by discrediting his opponent with 50.1% of the electorate and it might work. one will discredit the other. may be less for more running room than i would have expected. if
just as romney should have been ahead in my view two months ago and blew the republican convention i really wonder whether the obama campaign really had a chance to pull ahead and sniping at romney in ways that could be repeated and reiterated he had problems and not really closed the sale. now we go into the debate in a three point -- structurally president obama, this part of romney's analysis is correct that he is a weak incumbent. he is not quite george bush's you look at the numbers in...
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i mean i have seen polls -- i have seen polls in the last month that if -- romney had five or six points within the independence map. there seems to be a lot of variation between firms. is there any reason for that other than the fact that when you start cutting it up the margin of error goes up? >> i mean, there shouldn't be that much variation. you know, when you are asking that question, i am thinking one of the explanations could be just even a couple of days difference between polls can make a difference. there is a reason why i'm like partisans democrats republican -- they don't think i'm a democrat and i pretty much know how i'm going to vote. >> my "national journal" collie, ron brownstein who is one of the brightest people around, he went through a lot of data in recent weeks and points to non-college-educated white women as a group that has moved some in the last couple of weeks. i know non-college-educated white men are kind of a no-fly zone for the president but the women were more up grabs and they have moved more. have you noticed anything like that or is that a metric you
i mean i have seen polls -- i have seen polls in the last month that if -- romney had five or six points within the independence map. there seems to be a lot of variation between firms. is there any reason for that other than the fact that when you start cutting it up the margin of error goes up? >> i mean, there shouldn't be that much variation. you know, when you are asking that question, i am thinking one of the explanations could be just even a couple of days difference between polls...
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facing the most polls he's physically about even. i think that makes it very difficult for romney to put together a coalition that can take the state. colorado has been fairly close so again obama mabey looks like a fairy or four-point lead on average read a lot of demographic change. you can see the minority eligible voters have gone up by three percentage points and working-class voters in 2008 have gone down by three percentage points. again it doesn't appear that romney is able to turn the demographics tie in his favor. he's not doing much better among the white working-class voters according to the polls i've seen. he's made some progress on the outside margin that obama got 14 points in 2008 among the college graduate voters but he's not making nearly enough voters to take the state and if you break it down geographically the denver metro area is about half the vote in the state but that looks very similar in the polling data as it did in 2008. finally, the poster child for demographic change in the united states and how it's b
facing the most polls he's physically about even. i think that makes it very difficult for romney to put together a coalition that can take the state. colorado has been fairly close so again obama mabey looks like a fairy or four-point lead on average read a lot of demographic change. you can see the minority eligible voters have gone up by three percentage points and working-class voters in 2008 have gone down by three percentage points. again it doesn't appear that romney is able to turn the...
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a poll taken over the weekend by public policy polling shows mr. romney ahead of rick santorum, 45-30% among likely republican primary voters. with newt gingrich at 12% and ron paul at 10%. including puerto rico's result commit romney now has collected 521 republican delegates compared to rick santorum's 253, newt gingrich is 136, and ron paul, 50, according to "the associated press" count. the winner needs 1144 delegates to win the republican presidential nomination. >> the strong support we have in our region of the country about which this movement originated gives us an excellent base to go forth on the day of november the fifth with, and we in my judgment will go forward in the beginning with at least a 107 the seven electoral votes that comprise the states of the south and border and when you add that with just a few other states as being in your 270 odd electoral votes necessary to win the presidency. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, c-span.org/theco
a poll taken over the weekend by public policy polling shows mr. romney ahead of rick santorum, 45-30% among likely republican primary voters. with newt gingrich at 12% and ron paul at 10%. including puerto rico's result commit romney now has collected 521 republican delegates compared to rick santorum's 253, newt gingrich is 136, and ron paul, 50, according to "the associated press" count. the winner needs 1144 delegates to win the republican presidential nomination. >> the...
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the reality is that governor romney has been searching for a foreign policy narrative in position and world view since the campaign started. his positions seem to bob and we've depending upon which advisers are speaking to him or where the polls might be going. on libya as near as i can tell the governor's had five different positions. monday's speech may count as the sixth. the one definitive step that he did take was to hold a press conference hours after the death of the u.s. ambassador there. before the facts were known, before all the families were notified, the governor -- sensing a political opening -- took to the airwaves to condemn u.s. embassy staff in cairo. he's been trying to play cleanup ever since, and monday's speech was no different. on afghanistan after complaints and outrage about the president's timeline for transition, governor romney did the unthinkable, he set a timeline for transition which coincidentally happens to track with the president's. governor romney said on monday, quote: i will pursue a real and successful transition to afghan security forces by the
the reality is that governor romney has been searching for a foreign policy narrative in position and world view since the campaign started. his positions seem to bob and we've depending upon which advisers are speaking to him or where the polls might be going. on libya as near as i can tell the governor's had five different positions. monday's speech may count as the sixth. the one definitive step that he did take was to hold a press conference hours after the death of the u.s. ambassador...
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mitt romney got fewer votes than john mccain in ohio and still came within two points. the technology included so-called orca system. some of you maybe read about that in the last couple days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to insure that we were targeting people getting to the polls. it imploded on election day. it got so many hits from around the country as it should have saying gee this person voted. this person didn't vote. target calls. we thought it was under attack and closed down. so for those of you here from, again, the technology field and with interest in politics, we republicans want to talk to you. [laughter] we need some help. the democrats system i think is called gorton was quite effective at microtargeting. i heard a lot of anecdotes. i heard one this morning that you will love. someone gets a call a democrat in law school. gee, we see you voted. by the way this information is publicly voted. it is at 2:00 on election, but your sister at tulane has not voted, could you call her? that east the level which they were dealing we frankl
mitt romney got fewer votes than john mccain in ohio and still came within two points. the technology included so-called orca system. some of you maybe read about that in the last couple days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to insure that we were targeting people getting to the polls. it imploded on election day. it got so many hits from around the country as it should have saying gee this person voted. this person didn't vote. target calls. we thought it was under attack...
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republican pollsters who do these together. 73% of the people in the battleground poll, the gallup poll this morning from the 72% of the people who watched the debate thought that mitt romney won. [applause] how about this. have a 63% of the democrats who watched the debate thought i romney won. [applause] lausanne, and just to make a guy make a guy with the big shot. a lot of you probably democrat 11 brothers and sisters and my dad owned a bar. i'm the last guy in the world who want to be a member of congress, much less the speaker. you know, i like all of you grew up in america, a country we can be anything you had to be and do anything you want to do. i was lucky enough to work myself through school at miniview, was able to get into a small business and grow into successful business. along the way i got to know my neighborhood homeowners ossetian and ended up for speaker of the house. this too could happen to you. but i got involved because i thought it was time for people from the real world to take a more active interest in our government. when i went there as a small-business pers
republican pollsters who do these together. 73% of the people in the battleground poll, the gallup poll this morning from the 72% of the people who watched the debate thought that mitt romney won. [applause] how about this. have a 63% of the democrats who watched the debate thought i romney won. [applause] lausanne, and just to make a guy make a guy with the big shot. a lot of you probably democrat 11 brothers and sisters and my dad owned a bar. i'm the last guy in the world who want to be a...
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that's what the polls have shown. when mitt romney talks about it, it exsempleg waits it. everything it moving in a direction of us coming together because the obstructionist tea party is losing out. they are losing out in elections, and they are losing out in the caucuses. that's how it will get better. [inaudible conversations] >> a live picture of the nation's capitol here on a beautiful september afternoon in washington, d.c.. the senate in a closed door briefing with hillary clinton talking about the middle east. we expect the senate back in session in about a half hour or so, and we'll have them live when they return to the floor. earlier today on the senate floor, a group of republican senators spoke about what they called the failed leadership of the democrats and the white house. forty senators spoke for a minute each. >> some say the reason for the do nothing senate or the cure is we need a change in rules. i say we need a change innge behavior. i'd like to offer a single example. we have a big spending ande borrowing problem.ex 4 # 2 crepts out of every dollar,
that's what the polls have shown. when mitt romney talks about it, it exsempleg waits it. everything it moving in a direction of us coming together because the obstructionist tea party is losing out. they are losing out in elections, and they are losing out in the caucuses. that's how it will get better. [inaudible conversations] >> a live picture of the nation's capitol here on a beautiful september afternoon in washington, d.c.. the senate in a closed door briefing with hillary clinton...
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know, over the last four months or so, it's not changedded much. 5% and 7% of the likely voters in the polls saying they are undecided, that's a small number of undecided people, particularly before votes in conventions have not played out and folks have not learned about romney. to be undecided at this point is surprising. you'd think it would be bigger. it's been a dead even race. last numbers seen were 47-47 which is not much different than it was a month ago. it's a very close race when you look at the polls, the economic mood and environment is tougher for the president. it's going to be another close election, and back to you, scott, and toss the conversation where you want it to go. >> thank you very much. the most troubling thing was for those of you who watch washington television, there's 80 more days of campaign ads because virginia is in play. a couple other points if i can summarize from the panel, very interesting, divided society is how they talked about taiwan politics, and i suppose you can say the same about united states, and we look at the prc, and there's a rise of a new
know, over the last four months or so, it's not changedded much. 5% and 7% of the likely voters in the polls saying they are undecided, that's a small number of undecided people, particularly before votes in conventions have not played out and folks have not learned about romney. to be undecided at this point is surprising. you'd think it would be bigger. it's been a dead even race. last numbers seen were 47-47 which is not much different than it was a month ago. it's a very close race when you...
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romney won three of those and he won each of those by double digits. he was the reflection of the person people said they most value in a leader. he was the choice of the people who said they most valued somebody with a strong vision for the country. and he was the choice of the people who said that they most valued having someone that share their own values. the reason mitt romney is not presidents' day, and i submit the recent wide conservatism generally has been locked in a 50% feeling nationwide since the end of the cold war even though sometimes we can translate that into majorities in the house, is because of the last group. the last group, that question is the thing that they value the most is somebody who cares about people like them, cares about people like me. mitt romney will affect -- now when you lose 20% of the electorate, 63 points, that is a problem and it makes sense that you would do this in light of the campaign that both candidates ran particularly the campaign that the obama campaign ran which was simply a modernization of the camp
romney won three of those and he won each of those by double digits. he was the reflection of the person people said they most value in a leader. he was the choice of the people who said they most valued somebody with a strong vision for the country. and he was the choice of the people who said that they most valued having someone that share their own values. the reason mitt romney is not presidents' day, and i submit the recent wide conservatism generally has been locked in a 50% feeling...
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at the same time the cnn poll showed viewers thought romney established credibility as a leader which former white house press secretary ari fleischer, a republican strategist and cnn contributor, said was very important. that's from cnn this morning. here is the headline in "roll call". barack obama attacks mitt romney, moderates in final debate. obama stuck, struck an aggressive tone from the start, repeatedly ripping into the gop nominee as unreliable and reckless while romney sought to move to the center, putting forward a moderate image of someone who would use military force as a last resort. first call up this morning comes on our support mitt romney line. this is jim in new castle, delaware. jim, what did you think of the final debate last night? >> caller: i think obama played rope-a-dope the entire night. romney never really challenged him how he lied to the u.n., lied to the american people, about the whole situation in benghazi which is just disgusting. romney never forced obama to really confront the idea that the whole muslim spring is the biggest problem that we have an
at the same time the cnn poll showed viewers thought romney established credibility as a leader which former white house press secretary ari fleischer, a republican strategist and cnn contributor, said was very important. that's from cnn this morning. here is the headline in "roll call". barack obama attacks mitt romney, moderates in final debate. obama stuck, struck an aggressive tone from the start, repeatedly ripping into the gop nominee as unreliable and reckless while romney...
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he has to show that he is willing to take on mitt romney and defend his record, yet this town hall format is one where real people will be on stage and asking poignant and pointed questions about their own lives. it is a risk for the candidates to take these questions and just use them as an opportunity to attack each other. they want to come away feeling that the candidates have addressed this issue. that they do not feel like props. people are warning about that. from bill clinton told a group of donors in los angeles that it is not a format, which is one of the challenges that obama will face tonight. host: this is your headline in today's "the wall street journal." of host: before we let you go, any talk about the topics tonight? >> guest: no, she hasn't. candy has the discretion to choose the questions. she'll be picking the questions. the topics will include domestic and foreign policy. i think we can expect that the topics will -- the questions will reflect people's real lives and real experiences. people are having difficulties a with foreclosures. the economic downturn has affect
he has to show that he is willing to take on mitt romney and defend his record, yet this town hall format is one where real people will be on stage and asking poignant and pointed questions about their own lives. it is a risk for the candidates to take these questions and just use them as an opportunity to attack each other. they want to come away feeling that the candidates have addressed this issue. that they do not feel like props. people are warning about that. from bill clinton told a...
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the evangelicals according to our poll voted 70% according to the network exit polls. they voted 70% for romney. that's the same share of the vote that bush got in 2004. the faithf catholics voted 67 to 32%. that is a string of 35 points and how they voted compared to four years ago. four years ago, obama won the vote by 14 points. he split the faithful catholic vote. this time he won the catholic vote by two points. that by the way largely on the strength of his sober performance among hispanic catholics. he lost the white cat with vote by 10 points. he lost the mass attending catholics vote by 35 points. now, he won last night, okay, because this is not enough. evangelicals are a quarter of the vote. in an off year will be a third of the vote. if these kind of voting patterns continue, obama is in for a spotter in 2014. because as we saw in 2010, these people came. they keep coming. they don't voters fell for 18% to 13% of the electorate in 2010 and the african-american vote fell from 13 to 10. the evidence is as a person of the jury, not a political victory. they vo
the evangelicals according to our poll voted 70% according to the network exit polls. they voted 70% for romney. that's the same share of the vote that bush got in 2004. the faithf catholics voted 67 to 32%. that is a string of 35 points and how they voted compared to four years ago. four years ago, obama won the vote by 14 points. he split the faithful catholic vote. this time he won the catholic vote by two points. that by the way largely on the strength of his sober performance among...
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romney won three of those, and he won each of those by double digits. he was a selection of the person people said they most valued having a strong leader. he was the choice of the people who said they most valued somebody who had a strong vision for the country. and he was the choice of the people who said that the most valued having someone who shared her own values. the recent mitt romney is not president today, and i said that the reason why conservatism generally has been locked in a 50% ceiling nationwide since the end of the cold war, even though sometimes we can translate that into majorities in the house, is because of the last group. the last group, and that question is the thing that they valued most is somebody who cares about people like them. cares about people like me. mitt romney lost that group 81-18. and when you lose 20% of the electorate, by 63 points, that's a problem. and it makes sense that you reduces in light of the campaign that both candidates ran, but particularly the campaign that the obama campaign ran, which is simply a mo
romney won three of those, and he won each of those by double digits. he was a selection of the person people said they most valued having a strong leader. he was the choice of the people who said they most valued somebody who had a strong vision for the country. and he was the choice of the people who said that the most valued having someone who shared her own values. the recent mitt romney is not president today, and i said that the reason why conservatism generally has been locked in a 50%...
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the evangelicals according to our poll votes 77 percent for romney, according to the network exit poll they voted 78% for romney. that's the same share of the vote that bush got in 2004. the faithful catholics voted 67-32%. that's a swing of 35 points in how they voted compared to four years ago. four years ago obama won the catholic vote by 14 points. he split the faithful catholic vote. this time he won the catholic vote by two points. that, by the way, largely on the strength of his overperformance among hispanic catholics. he lost the white catholic vote by ten points, he lost the frequently-maas-attending catholic vote by 35 points. now, he won last night, okay? because this is not enough. evangelicals are a quarter of the vote, in the an off year they'll be a third of the vote. if these kind of voting patterns continue, obama's in for a slaughter in 2014. because as we saw in 2010, these people came. they keep coming. but the young voters fell from 18 to 13% of the electorate in 2010, and the african-american vote fell from 13 to 10. the evidence is that this is a personal victor
the evangelicals according to our poll votes 77 percent for romney, according to the network exit poll they voted 78% for romney. that's the same share of the vote that bush got in 2004. the faithful catholics voted 67-32%. that's a swing of 35 points in how they voted compared to four years ago. four years ago obama won the catholic vote by 14 points. he split the faithful catholic vote. this time he won the catholic vote by two points. that, by the way, largely on the strength of his...
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he did polling in the 276 election. he has also reported for "the new republic," and " the national journal." one of our callers brought the vice-presidential race, to see who mitt romney would choose. according to "the washington post" the list gets shorter perio-- we see some of these people, including mike huckabee, condoleezza rice, nikki caylee, susanna martinez. take us through how significant that is. are we still see members of congress on the short list? guest: i he to it was announced that rick santorum would be a speaker. there would give away a little bit of the buzz there would be able to build. jeb bush, rand paul, rick santorum gives us a little more hint of where the short list is going. there a few incumbent members of congress on the short list. marco rubio is a name that has been talked about a lot. i don't think they will pick him. rubio does not have a lot of experience on the national level. he threatens to overshadow mitt romney. that is the positive that ends up dooming him. host: t.j. tweets in.
he did polling in the 276 election. he has also reported for "the new republic," and " the national journal." one of our callers brought the vice-presidential race, to see who mitt romney would choose. according to "the washington post" the list gets shorter perio-- we see some of these people, including mike huckabee, condoleezza rice, nikki caylee, susanna martinez. take us through how significant that is. are we still see members of congress on the short list?...
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public, how can romney or obama persuade the u.s. public that they need to support a vision of leadership? what does this poll tell us about how americans are struggling with the balance between leadership both unilateralism, intervention, nonintervention as they continue to feel that priorities are here at homesome. >> well, that's exactly the right question, tammy, because i think struggling with ambivalence, tension, even contradiction is the heart of the matter. and let me try to unpack that. i'm going to offer four broad generalizations about the state of american public opinion on these questions in general, and then i will end where shibley ended, with some brief comments on the syrian issue. first, let me just make a technical polling note. and that is that this is a survey of adults. it's not a survey of registered voters, let alone likely voters. and so there are some, there are some differences as you impose increasingly demanding screens on adults. and these, these results will probably pick up more young people, more peo
public, how can romney or obama persuade the u.s. public that they need to support a vision of leadership? what does this poll tell us about how americans are struggling with the balance between leadership both unilateralism, intervention, nonintervention as they continue to feel that priorities are here at homesome. >> well, that's exactly the right question, tammy, because i think struggling with ambivalence, tension, even contradiction is the heart of the matter. and let me try to...
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i hear you telling me even if i look at a list of polls it may show romney plus two or plus five, romney plus one. there are a lot of obama polls as well. but you're telling me that it sounds like obama has the edge and is actually going to win. >> structurally he has an advantage right now. >> i've gotten closer and there is a debate of course and charlie i know will have a lot to say about this or that, what pulls to believe and are they even trustworthy now? everybody seems to have their own. i don't know that there are actually that many people in ohio. i feel like there are professional polltakers in ohio. sure, i will answer. so there is so much data coming out to you almost don't know what to believe so you have to sort of read what is happening in the campaign. and it's pretty clear that there is, again when you talk about a few of these and you can go through them where the obama edge is still there. so. >> charlie cook who is running? >> let me say how much i appreciate what i've done anything with the aspen institute it's been a wonderful experience. the one time i took my son
i hear you telling me even if i look at a list of polls it may show romney plus two or plus five, romney plus one. there are a lot of obama polls as well. but you're telling me that it sounds like obama has the edge and is actually going to win. >> structurally he has an advantage right now. >> i've gotten closer and there is a debate of course and charlie i know will have a lot to say about this or that, what pulls to believe and are they even trustworthy now? everybody seems to...
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battleground states urging voters to get the polls tomorrow. tonight, we will be live with the candidates other final campaign rallies. the president will be in des moines, iowa. mitt romney will be in manchester, new hampshire. live coverage gets underway at 10:50 p.m. eastern. >> turn to c-span on election night and watch the results from the presidential race. we will have coverage of obama in chicago and mitt romney in boston. we are focused on some of the more competitive senate seats. plus, your reaction throughout the night by phone, e-mail, facebook, and twitter. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. next we take you to arizona for u.s. senate debate between republican jeff flake and democratic candidate richard carmona. they are vying for the senate seat left open by jon kyl. courtesy of kawc radio. >> welcome to the debate on the campus on school of arizona, yuma. we will begin with 92nd opening statements from jeff flake and trento. they will take questions from a panel of journalists related to life outside the metropolitan are
battleground states urging voters to get the polls tomorrow. tonight, we will be live with the candidates other final campaign rallies. the president will be in des moines, iowa. mitt romney will be in manchester, new hampshire. live coverage gets underway at 10:50 p.m. eastern. >> turn to c-span on election night and watch the results from the presidential race. we will have coverage of obama in chicago and mitt romney in boston. we are focused on some of the more competitive senate...
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tracking polls. if you lose ohio but when pennsylvania, he win the election, probably. so why would they not seem to have adequate money. i started thinking about that and a marketer in way. maybe they are saying with two weeks ago, we probably don't have enough time to influence voter choice by 5%. maybe if we just stayed quiet, maybe i'll voters will not be as reliable as republican voters regardless of the enthusiasm gap, especially in a year when there is the enthusiasm gap. republicans are still turning out well, and they sneak across the finish line into a startling upset. i believe that that is a possibility. even for an hour in philadelphia, they have two things. two things that we basically need is what they have. i don't think it is in play because, again, we haven't seen the romney campaign or crossroads involved. but on the other hand, you never know remark was a rockabilly and approach. i don't think you can change perception. 5% is an awful lot. they said it could be a very clever plan.
tracking polls. if you lose ohio but when pennsylvania, he win the election, probably. so why would they not seem to have adequate money. i started thinking about that and a marketer in way. maybe they are saying with two weeks ago, we probably don't have enough time to influence voter choice by 5%. maybe if we just stayed quiet, maybe i'll voters will not be as reliable as republican voters regardless of the enthusiasm gap, especially in a year when there is the enthusiasm gap. republicans are...
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and, you know, i think maybe the exit polls suggest to a certain extent mitt romney would have continued his momentum. the storm gave the president that chance to flip the narrative back that he lost in denver. you know, that's the moment he needed to get things back on track without it it'd be a completely different story tonight. >> and we're a publication that believes powerfully in second chances, and rumor has it charlie cam is here, there, and he's going to work. charlie, i'm praying it's going to work, buddy. hey, charlie, tell us what you're seeing in the results that interest you, especially in the counties that might give us some indication of how things might unfold in virginia, florida, anywhere else? >> well, in florida it's obviously a close race with about 10% left, and it's right on the trigger of an automatic recount which is .5%, so that's pretty interesting. we don't have a full picture yet, but a couple of things are much clearer right now. if you look through appalachia, you've got coal country reacting pretty strongly to barack obama, dragged out a congressman today
and, you know, i think maybe the exit polls suggest to a certain extent mitt romney would have continued his momentum. the storm gave the president that chance to flip the narrative back that he lost in denver. you know, that's the moment he needed to get things back on track without it it'd be a completely different story tonight. >> and we're a publication that believes powerfully in second chances, and rumor has it charlie cam is here, there, and he's going to work. charlie, i'm...
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so they did a better job than we did in getting the voters to the poll. mitt romney got fewer than john mccain and still came within two points. the technology included the so-called system some of you have maybe read about in the last couple of days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to ensure people are getting to the polls. i'm told on election day it had so many hits around the country as it should have from people saying this person voted and this person didn't. but if that was under attack it closed down. so for those of you hear from again that technology field to enter some politics, we republicans want to talk to you. [laughter] we need some help. the democratic system was quite effective at micro targeting and i've heard lots of anecdotes and one this morning that you will love that somebody gets a call that's a democrat from law school and was we see that you voted and disinformation is publicly available. was it you that voted 2:00 on election day but your sister hasn't. can you call her. that's the level at that point. that
so they did a better job than we did in getting the voters to the poll. mitt romney got fewer than john mccain and still came within two points. the technology included the so-called system some of you have maybe read about in the last couple of days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to ensure people are getting to the polls. i'm told on election day it had so many hits around the country as it should have from people saying this person voted and this person didn't. but if...
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kind of start to get locked in which isn't a good sign for mitt romney at the moment. there can be exceptions, but since is the media narrative profession tends to overplay electoral significance, and my judgment, the value of the sort of policy explanations we get most of the time as well. >> fair and balanced is kind of a tricky question. we have run a couple things that i have edited about essentially the flood coverage of romney in particular, and there's a lot you can beat up on romney. he has not legitimately i think. he has as was talked about even by the standards of a modern politician a startling lack of specificity in his policy agenda , and he's basically unapologetic about it, and i did -- i would love to see the press beat up on him every day for that. at the same time, they're has been i think a character a logical mauney sends someone who isn't particularly sympathetic to mitt romney's agenda is that the coverage has been informed by the fact that a lot of reporters don't seem to like him very much. >> we are running out of time and i want to get the la
kind of start to get locked in which isn't a good sign for mitt romney at the moment. there can be exceptions, but since is the media narrative profession tends to overplay electoral significance, and my judgment, the value of the sort of policy explanations we get most of the time as well. >> fair and balanced is kind of a tricky question. we have run a couple things that i have edited about essentially the flood coverage of romney in particular, and there's a lot you can beat up on...